Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 2, 2009

Small nonprofits - especially those with few or no staff, are always in a particularly challenging place when it comes to finding the best solution for a web presence and online donations. The online help for BlackbaudNow is powered by the open source software MediaWiki. Did they contribute anything back to the MediaWiki community?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. One drawback is that the syntax of Dokuwiki is different than MediaWiki, and so the more I use it, the more I forget when I use MediaWiki. But I’m converting my tech wiki to from MediaWiki to DokuWiki.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0, I have two other wikis ( a public and private wiki) that are in Mediawiki, on my web host. I am an avid Wiki user.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

I keep discovering new and exciting free and open source web platforms. And further, there is an amazing integration of Elgg with Mediawiki. One of which is called Elgg. Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Kaltura integrates seamlessly with open-source platforms, such as Drupal, WordPress and MediaWiki, which have become popular in the corporate and nonprofit community, because they produce better results at lower cost.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Basically, he argues that in the era of Web 2.0, I know it is awfully Web 1.0 The ED wants file sharing or VNC but won’t even try to use MediaWiki to maintain basic documents. Among other great things, he has this amazing post about Microsoft, and their future. the only really compelling platform they have is Excel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2007

" Web: Like Nancy, I'm consuming way too much on the web. Wiki: I love wikispaces, but also use mediawiki, socialtext, and pbwiki. Radio: Local classical and NPR stations and random stuff on the web. I tend to sit on the couch and also watch video on the web. Heck, it's the weekend, so I thought I'd respond.

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